A paper snowflake is a type of
paper craft based on a
snowflake
A snowflake is a single ice crystal that has achieved a sufficient size, and may have amalgamated with others, which falls through the Earth's atmosphere as snow.Knight, C.; Knight, N. (1973). Snow crystals. Scientific American, vol. 228, no. ...
that combines
origami
) is the Japanese art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of paper into a f ...
with
papercutting
Papercutting or paper cutting is the art of paper designs. Art has evolved all over the world to adapt to different cultural styles. One traditional distinction most styles share is that the designs are cut from a single sheet of paper as oppo ...
. The designs can vary significantly after doing mandatory folding.
![PaperSnowflakesExample](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/PaperSnowflakesExample.jpg)
An online version of the craft is known as "Make-A-Flake", and was created by
Barkley Inc.
Barkley (formerly Barkley Evergreen & Partners) is a Kansas City, Missouri, United States, based full-service advertising agency known for their work on Sonic Drive-In Restaurants , Planet Fitness, and Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen (DQ) is an Ame ...
in 2008.
See also
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Kirigami
is a variation of origami, the Japanese art of folding paper. In , the paper is cut as well as being folded, resulting in a three-dimensional design that stands away from the page. typically does not use glue.
Overview
In the United States, t ...
References
External links
How to Make 6-Pointed Paper Snowflakeson
Instructables
Instructables is a website specializing in user-created and uploaded do-it-yourself projects, currently owned by Autodesk. It was created by Eric Wilhelm and Saul Griffith and launched in August 2005. Instructables is dedicated to step-by-step ...
Paper folding
Paper art
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